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The United States Rowing Association, commonly known as USRowing, [2] is the national governing body for the sport of Rowing in the United States.It serves to promote the sport on all levels of competition, including the selection and training of those athletes who represent the US at international level.
Rowing is the oldest intercollegiate sport in the United States. Men's rowing has organized collegiate championships in various forms since 1871. The Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) has been the de facto national championship for men since 1895.
Beginning in 1973, Washington decided to skip the IRA because a change in schedule conflicted with its finals. Washington, however, returned to the regatta in 1995. From 1982 to 1996, another event, the Cincinnati Regatta (which renamed itself the National Collegiate Rowing Championship ), was held in Cincinnati with funding from a benefactor.
1986 – The National Women's Rowing Association (NWRA) dissolves and USRowing assumes responsibility as the national governing body for women's rowing. 1988 – Northeastern University Men's 8+ capture school's first IRA Championship at Lake Onondaga, NY; 1997 – The NCAA establishes a rowing championship for women. Washington sweeps the NCAA ...
Rowing, often called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars.It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using rowlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat.
The USRowing Summer National Championships is an annual national championship contest in the sport of rowing hosted by the United States Rowing Association. The 2022 regatta was held on Mercer Lake in West Windsor, NJ .
The Northwest Collegiate Rowing Conference (NCRC) consists of seven NCAA Division II and III member schools in USRowing's Northwest region. Its mission is to provide for the advancement of small college and university rowing within the Pacific Northwest primarily through the organization and administration of a championship regatta.
For the more competitive races and bigger boats, like the women's 8+ and 4-, the athletes are chosen via the USRowing selection camp, [7] which is an invitation-only event. The national team coaches distribute the invitations to athletes who meet a certain criteria that they set in collaboration with the USRowing organization.